Spring-currycomb



(No Model.)

T. BUTTERWORTH.

SPRING GURRYGOMB.

No. 516,520. Patented Mar. 13, 1894.

NITED STATES .ATENT Fries.

THEODORE BUTTERWORTH, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-CURRYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.- 516,520, dated March13, 1894. Application filed December 23,1892. Serial No. 456,160. (Noinodel.)

use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in spring curry combs andconsists in certain novelty of construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts all of which I' will now proceed to point out anddescribe reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a plan view of a comb secured to its handle in the preferredmanner. Fig. 2 is a section taken longitudinally through the handleshowing the means employed for securing the comb to the handle. Fig. 3is a detail on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a sectional detailillustrating a modification of the means employed for securingthe combto the handle, and Fig. 5 a top plan view of said detail.

Referring to said drawings-A represents a metal shank having its outerend B, enlarged and bent at right angles. Said end being bifurcatedforming two members I), having inwardly projecting lips I). The end Bbeing made of malleable metal. Said shank is secured in the ordinarymanner in a wooden handle 0.

D are arms projecting at right angles on opposite sides of the shankat apoint below the bifurcated end and at the end of the wooden handle andsaid arms are provided with enlarged'ends and form what I preferablyterm,

knockers for a purpose hereinafter described, said arms or knockersbeing formed integral with the said shank.

E is a spiral spring comb provided with teeth 6. Said spring is coiledso as to present rings decreasing in size from the outer to the innerring and each coil or ringis placed within the bifurcated ends'of theshank so as to rest against each other,the members I), of saidbifurcated ends are then clamped together, thus securely holding thespring comb in place. By placing the rings so that they rest againsteach other one coil or ring is strengthened by the other and firmly heldin place. The teeth on the coils or rings are cut away at the pointwhere they aresecured in the bifurcated end of the shank. I I

The knockers which I have heretofore de-- scribed are of great value asit is customary with all horsemen .to frequently knock the comb againstsome hard substance to remove the dust and hair while currying, this isalways liable to damage the comb. By means of the knockers the force ofthe blow comes entirely upon the metal shank and the jar upon the springcomb being sufficient to remove dust or hair without injuring the combitself.

' In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified means for securing the springcomb to the handle. Inthis the shank is the same and the end isbifurcated forming a yokeG, havfound to be much more durable than combsof this class which have heretofore been in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. In a spring curry comb, the combination of a handle and a metal shankA, having formed'integral therewith arms D, projecting at right anglesto and on opposite sides of the handle, forming knockers, and a springmetal comb secured to said shank, substam' tially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a spring curry comb, the combination of a handle and a shankhaving a bifurcated metal end, acoiled spring comb having the coils ofthe spring in the bifurcated end, the membersof said bifurcated endbeingclamped upon said spring coils, substantially as shown and described.

3. In aspring curry comb, the combination of a handle, a shank Aprovided with a bifurcated metal end B, having inwardly projecting lipsI), a coiled spring comb having the coils of the spring in saidbifurcated end 10 and the members of said bifurcated end being clampedupon the spring coils, and said shank carrying knockers,substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE BUTTERWORTI-I.

Witnesses:

G. C. WIDNEY, PETER WALLACE.

